In the middle of the night, you hear two loud thumps outside your bedroom door. Your ________ nervous system increases your heart rate and sends blood away from internal organs to your muscles, preparing you for "fight or flight."
When you learn it is just your roommate coming in late, your ________ nervous system slows down your heart rate and calms you down.
a. peripheral; somatic
b. somatic; peripheral
c. sympathetic; parasympathetic
d. parasympathetic; sympathetic
Answer: c. sympathetic; parasympathetic
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
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a. preconventional b. conventional c. formal conventional d. postconventional
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A. mean B. mode C. median D. variance